Mr. Carmack, Sam Gellaitry & Teeko Official Afterparty

"Make music like no one's listening" is the motto of Aaron Carmack, and appropriately so. His story is a three-part series, divided into factions of past, present, and future. Every element of the past, as Aaron Carmack would explain, has had an effect on who he is today as both a writer/producer and DJ. Being born and raised in San Francisco, attending and dropping out of college in Long Beach, CA, moving to Oahu for three years and living off income from monthly releases on Bandcamp – Carmack's music is an expression and perpetual reflection of all of it.

"My music is an expression of experiences that I've had in my life up to right now. I take inspiration every day."

Constantly translating personal experience into his craft, Carmack finds inspiration from a range of sources, from his friends and fellow musicians in production cliques, Team Supreme and Soulection, to his travels and numerous sold out tours of five continents over the past two years, sharing stages with folks like Hudson Mohawke, Just Blaze, Cashmere Cat, and Diplo. These influences, combined with a hunger for discovering the newest, most cutting-edge sounds on sites like Soundcloud, are some of the ingredients to the now-Los Angeles-based producer's distinct creative process.

"I used to see music as an escape. Now, it's just what I do."

Like a hinge to the doorway between dance music and hip hop, Carmack's musical output increasingly occupies a void frontier between the two genres, identified by his contemporaries, fans, and himself purely as "Carmack". With a devotion to the studio and a grinding work ethic, the inventive producer aims to release a prolific amount of music in coming months, all while performing as often as possible. Stay tuned.

"It's mine, it's Carmack, whatever I choose to write. I've grown to accept that. That's kinda why I call myself Carmack. I can't really do anything else."


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"The most insane & creative turntablist I have ever worked with." - Mark Ronson

Teeko is a master turntablist, composer, producer, and cofounder of 4onefunk, ground breaking turn-table funk bands The Dollar Bin Quintet, 4onePhonics, Mugpush and F.A.M.E. (Fresh Analog Music Experience) and Starship Connection with B.Bravo.

After receiving recognition and championship awards in worldwide DJ competitions (including DMC, ITF and Guitar Center Championships), he toured from coast to coast and collaborated with some of jazz's finest musicians: members of the Charlie Hunter Quartet and John Scofield Trio. Following an energetic performance in a San Francisco jazz club, audience member and legendary saxophonist Ravi Coltrane requested an encore performance. Teeko's performances are frequently met with such requests as his style is often described as truly original and refreshing, receiving high respects from the best in Hip-Hop, Jazz and everything in between. Teeko exhibits his mastery of turntable production in his debut album, "My SoundStation," (2006) which exposes his eclectic musical style and creativity as a composer. The widely anticipated album ranked number one on several of the College Music Journal's Top 10 lists for months after its release in fall 2006. He was recognized soon after the album's debut for his excellence in production with the Milestones Innovative Producer's Award given by the world-renowned Berklee School of Music in Boston. He has most recently displayed his innovation and creativity as a collaborator on the development of the new Vestax turntable, the Controller One—the first turntable engineered to be a musical instrument.

"Teeko is the funkiest most soulful turntabilist I have ever seen...From the cuts to the records he chooses...I had the opportunity to hang & DJ with him in the Bay Area...
It was definitely my pleasure." - DJ Jazzy Jeff

"He's one of a few people that's doing what I envisioned what the next step in turntable music would be. A true musician on the turntables as well as being a dope DJ. YouTube him and see what I'm talking about." - DJ Shortkut

Recognized by the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival, he and 4onefunk were invited to take the stage for the summer 2008 festival, being the first turntable group ever invited. This pioneering experience pushes his production level to new heights. In 2010 raising the bar once more with his 2nd solo album "Light Up The Darkness", where he introduces some amazing collaborations all within a finely tuned concept. He has also recently received the honor of being invited to be a featured artist on Grammy Award winning producer Mark Ronson's next album, after being discovered by Ronson on YouTube and shortly after had the great honor of recording with D'angelo on his widely anticipated "come back" album.

In recent years, he has teamed up with acclaimed fellow bay area producer B.Bravo to form the modern bass/funk outfit, Starship Connection. Hitting festivals across the country bringing a new elements of live performance in the electronic music scene. His recent culmination of skills on synths, turntables and production have taken his live sets to new heights including several exciting collaborations. All in all, the man is at one with his art, no matter what his device his sound continues to take exciting new shapes while effortlessly blowing minds and breaking necks.

"Somebody I hope the world recognizes in the near future is Teeko." - DJ Shortkut (Invisible Skratch Piklz / World Famous Beat Junkies)

"Teeko is one the most talented musicians within the new wave of Funk today. He's groundbreaking & his production style is on point." - Dam-Funk (Stones Throw Recording Artist)